Returning people back to work after sickness absence and enabling them to stay at work is challenging, especially where the person is experiencing mental ill health – either as a...
Today, Friday 17 June, we're recognising Employability Day by sharing some great free resources from VRA member RNIB. RNIB have created a great suite of e-learning with options for practitioners,...
Congratulations to Tesco who have been recognised as a Visibly Better Employer. The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) today as part of National Employability Day (Friday 17 June). They...
From 1 July 2022 nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists, and physiotherapists will all be able to legally certify fit notes – something that at present only doctors can do. If you’ve...
On the 24th May, we at the VRA held our annual Spring Conference. We decided to take a different tack for our theme this year, focusing on groups of individuals...
The Government has published Local Supported Employment: guidance for local authorities (23 May 2022). The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is providing grant funding for approximately 20 County Councils...
The UK economy could get a £3.9bn boost over the next five years if the government reforms the 40-year-old Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) system, a landmark report from Unum UK,...
Over one million more disabled people are in employment compared to five years ago according to the latest ONS (Office for National Statistics) on 17 May. The latest figures show...
Today the Chair of the COVID-19 public inquiry Baroness Heather Hallett, has written to the Prime Minister with recommendations to expand the terms of reference. Included within this is the recommendation that...
The VRA is one of 23 organisations that have joined BACP in calling for mental health to be urgently added into the Public Inquiry into COVID-19 calling inquiry’s remit. The letter to the...
